Sofia Martínez-Almeida

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Career

Sofía is a partner in the Intellectual Property practice, Head of Retail and member of the Board of Directors at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

She has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of intellectual property matters, with special emphasis on trademark, design, unfair competition, distribution and digital law, both in contractual and transactional aspects as well as in litigation. Her litigation experience has led her to represent leading clients in their respective sectors before national courts (civil, commercial, administrative and criminal) and EU courts (Community Trademark Courts, General Court and Court of Justice). In recent years, she has been involved in a large number of cases of particular relevance due to their avant-garde typology. The sectors of her experience include luxury and fashion, retail, food, entertainment and technology. Sofía also has extensive experience in advertising law, having represented clients before Autocontrol and the courts.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Madrid Bar Association (since 1996).

Member of the Trademark Law and Practice Group, MARQUES (the Association of European Trade Mark Owners).

Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Trustee of the Fernando Pombo Foundation.